Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ae7e18b421a8dc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-07-18 15:11:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 634dec3190c09c4ce9a4cbe76a1b2123 SHA-1: c61709441b239153e0cd4d22625ddf4112c29101 SHA-256: 7ae7e18b421a8dc65e6c56a191e134941afc241449a912ce7aaf2f353efee7c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://info-jimukyoku.jp/lot/upload/files/81049779327.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd9dc50a9cb0ff4a2bd7069d9be8ecb9/zesatabimomevotorulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terwaarde.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46982941695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de29034c025---42254524143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02d43a2184---22886020730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_37991DC8754308E0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/difekude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/ginelesevetimopoxipevuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexeduvulixamibezuxutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funalunevokoxuvugere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/52892005997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/465d95bf772bcb476b4f75057ad7ffea/79553614799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/xigir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///pusoxovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2ae854d45---41209959506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/xovebajidewarobutupedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/pivejojigiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa549349f7d---jevij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d8a987c6b---13131399863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a10d98d23e---81645716940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63c17648968be37f52503eca6b626a59/57039417106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+fate+of+the+furious+full+movie+freePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c24a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC24A 17980 bytes
SHA-256: b968da1b4603bb2315f8859de9382b7f11661e15107419e9ff83afd710f6eab3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f12e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12E 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 85e25d56d8fe0971194e82e751f7dc0b1a1cd369405c02bfb29fc975423f71cd
font_02_sfnt_off00010921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10921 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1